Powerreviews Authentication

generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: https://developers.powerreviews.com/Content/Getting%20Started%20APIs/Requesting%20an%20API%20Key.htm
docs: https://developers.powerreviews.com/Content/Getting%20Started%20APIs/Requesting%20an%20API%20Key.htm
note: >-
  The published Swagger 2.0 documents declare no securityDefinitions, so
  derive-authentication.py produced no profile. This file is written from the
  provider's own Getting Started documentation plus the apikey query parameter
  that appears on every operation in both specs, and from a live unauthenticated
  probe of the Read API that returned the real 401 envelope.
summary:
  types: [apiKey]
  api_key_in: [query]
  oauth2_flows: []
  keys_are_per_surface: true
  self_service: false
schemes:
  - name: apikey
    type: apiKey
    in: query
    parameter: apikey
    description: >-
      Merchant-scoped API key passed as the `apikey` query parameter on every
      request. Keys are issued per API surface — the ReadServices key and the
      WriteServices key are separate credentials and a consumer integrating both
      needs two keys.
    sources:
      - openapi/powerreviews-readservices-openapi.yml
      - openapi/powerreviews-writeservices-openapi.yml
    surfaces:
      - api: PowerReviews Read API
        host: readservices-b2c.powerreviews.com
        key_name: read_services
        required: true
      - api: PowerReviews Write API
        host: writeservices.powerreviews.com
        key_name: write_services
        required: true
provisioning:
  self_service: false
  method: email-request
  contact: support@powerreviews.com
  instructions: >-
    Email support@powerreviews.com with the brand being supported and a brief
    description of the integration requirements so PowerReviews can grant the
    correct access. ReadServices and WriteServices keys are unique, so two keys
    may be required.
  third_party_campaigns:
    contact: sampling@powerreviews.com
    note: >-
      Agencies collecting review content on behalf of a brand (sampling,
      sweepstakes, in-person testing) request credentials, an API key, and page
      ids through the sampling intake, not the general support queue.
    source: https://developers.powerreviews.com/Content/Getting%20Started%20APIs/Third%20Party%20API%20Integration.htm
scoping:
  tenant_parameter: merchantId
  note: >-
    Authorization is merchant-scoped. Every Read API path is rooted at
    /m/{merchantId}; Write API operations carry merchant_id / merchant_group_id /
    site_id / page_id query parameters. A key is only authenticated for the
    merchant it was issued against.
failure_modes:
  - status: 401
    condition: apikey query parameter absent
    body: '{"url":"<path>","message":"api key is required for authentication","status_code":401}'
    observed: '2026-08-13'
  - status: 401
    condition: apikey present but not authorized for the requested merchant or resource
    body: '{"url":"<path>","message":"api key (00000**************************00000) is not authenticated for this request","status_code":401}'
    note: the key value is partially masked back to the caller in the message
    observed: '2026-08-13'
  - status: 403
    condition: declared in both Swagger documents as Forbidden
transport:
  https_required: true
  key_in_url: true
  warning: >-
    The credential travels in the query string, so it is exposed to proxy logs,
    browser history, and Referer headers. PowerReviews publishes no header-based
    alternative and no OAuth surface.
oauth2: false
mtls: false
openid_connect: false